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Bhumi Pednekar
Bhumi Pednekar (Bhumi Satish Pednekkar, born 1989, Mumbai) is a Hindi film actress who debuted in Dum Laga Ke Haisha (2015), starred in Saand Ki Aankh, launched Climate Warrior, and plays DCP Rita Ferreira in Daldal.
Bhumibol Adulyadej (ภูมิพลอดุลยเดช)
Bhumibol Adulyadej (ภูมิพลอดุลยเดช), Rama IX of Thailand's Chakri dynasty, reigned 9 June 1946 to 13 October 2016, the world's longest-reigning monarch at his death; born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, he promoted the Sufficiency Economy philosophy and royal development projects.
Bhumibol Dam
Bhumibol Dam (เขื่อนภูมิพล), originally named Yanhee Dam, is a concrete arch dam on the Ping River in Tak Province, Thailand, completed in 1964 as the country's first multi-purpose dam.
Bhumidevi Corona
Bhumidevi Corona is a 150-km-wide volcano-tectonic corona on Venus at 17.2°S, 343.6°E, named for a Hindu earth goddess (IAU, 1994), with concentric and radial fractures and a 325-km lava flow.
Bhumihar
Bhumihar (Babhan) is a landowning Hindu caste of Bihar, eastern Uttar Pradesh, and Jharkhand claiming Brahmin status; dominant agrarian caste with caste associations, militias, and shifting forms of caste assertion.
Bhūmija
Bhūmija (भूमिज), meaning "born from the earth", is a monk disciple of the Buddha known from two Pali Canon suttas bearing his name, SN 12.25 and MN 126.
Bhumika (भूमिका)
Bhumika (भूमिका, "The Role") is Shyam Benegal's 1977 Hindi drama starring Smita Patil, adapted from Hansa Wadkar's Marathi memoir Sangtye Aika; it won National Awards for Best Actress and Best Screenplay and the 1978 Filmfare Best Film award.
Bhumika Chawla (रचना चावला)
Bhumika Chawla (Rachna Chawla), Indian actress born 1978 in New Delhi; Telugu debut Yuvakudu (2000), known for Kushi, Okkadu, and Tere Naam (2003) opposite Salman Khan; reunited with director Gunasekhar for Euphoria (2026).
Bhūmiya
Bhūmija (भूमिज), meaning "earth-born", is a Buddhist monk and uncle of Prince Jayasena, namesake of the Bhūmija Suttas MN 126 and SN 12.25 in the Pali Canon.
Bhumiya Corona
Bhumiya Corona is a 100-km-wide corona (volcanic-tectonic feature) on Venus at 15°N, 118°E, in quadrangle V-23, named for a Hindu earth goddess and IAU-approved in 1994.
Bhuna
Bhuna, an Indian place name: a town in Fatehabad district, Haryana (PIN 125111), and Himalayan localities in Haridwar and Chamoli, Uttarakhand, including a 1929 kuth cultivation site.
Bhunu
Bhunu (Mahlokohla), King of Swaziland as Ngwane V: son of Mbandzeni, designated heir 1890, installed February 1895, tried and fined £500 by Transvaal authorities, died 1899 aged 24, father and predecessor of Sobhuza II.
Bhupal Singh
Bhupal Singh (भूपाल सिंह) was the Maharana of Mewar who ruled the Udaipur princely state from 1930 until its merger into the Rajasthan Union in 1948.
Bhupathi Raju Srinivasa Varma
Bhupathi Raju Srinivasa Varma (భూపతిరాజు శ్రీనివాస వర్మ), BJP politician born 1967, is MP for Narsapuram, Andhra Pradesh, since 2024 and Union Minister of State for Heavy Industries and Steel.
Bhupen Hazarika (ভূপেন হাজৰিকা)
Bhupen Hazarika (ভূপেন হাজৰিকা), called Sudhakantha, was an Assamese singer, composer, poet, and filmmaker (1926–2011), posthumously awarded the Bharat Ratna in 2019 and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 1992.
Bhupen Khakhar
Bhupen Khakhar (1934–2003) was an Indian painter and Gujarati writer based in Baroda, often called India's first pop artist and a pioneering openly gay artist.
Bhupender Singh (officer)
Major Bhupender Singh (IC-35016K), Indian Army Border Roads officer commanding 99 Road Construction Company at Verinag, kidnapped and killed by Hizb-ul-Mujahideen on 23 January 1994; posthumous Shaurya Chakra; father of actress Nimrat Kaur, distinct from Lt Gen Bhupender Singh Thakur.
Bhupender Yadav
Bhupender Yadav, born in 1969 in Ajmer, Rajasthan, is an Indian BJP politician who serves as Union Environment Minister and has represented Alwar in the Lok Sabha since 2024.
Bhupendrabhai Patel (ભૂપેન્દ્ર રજનીકાંત પટેલ)
Bhupendrabhai Rajnikant Patel (ભૂપેન્દ્ર રજનીકાંત પટેલ), BJP politician and 17th Chief Minister of Gujarat since 13 September 2021, replacing Vijay Rupani; first-time MLA from Ghatlodia, Ahmedabad, re-elected 2022 with a record 212,480-vote margin.
Bhupesh Baghel (भूपेश बघेल)
Bhupesh Baghel (भूपेश बघेल), born 1961 in Durg, is a Congress leader from Patan, Chhattisgarh PCC president 2014–2019, chief minister 2018–2023; defeated in 2023, with ED Mahadev app allegations reported.
Bhupi Sherchan
Bhupi Sherchan (भूपी शेरचन; 1935–1989) was a Nepali poet known for satirical free verse criticizing Nepali society and politics; his 1969 collection Ghumne Mech Mathi Andho Manchhe won the Sajha Puraskar.
Bhupinder Babbal
Bhupinder Babbal is a Punjabi folk vocalist from Kurali, near Chandigarh, who gained nationwide fame singing "Arjan Vailly" in the 2023 film Animal, winning the Filmfare Award for Best Playback Singer.
Bhupinder Singh Hooda
Bhupinder Singh Hooda (भूपेंद्र सिंह हुड्डा), born 1947, Congress leader and two-term Chief Minister of Haryana (2005–2014), four-time Lok Sabha MP from Rohtak, later MLA from Garhi Sampla-Kiloi and dominant Haryana Congress figure.
Bhupinder Singh of Patiala (ਭੁਪਿੰਦਰ ਸਿੰਘ)
Bhupinder Singh of Patiala (ਭੁਪਿੰਦਰ ਸਿੰਘ), 1891-1938, Maharaja of Patiala 1900-1938, captain of India's 1911 cricket tour of England, Ranji Trophy founder-patron, WWI imperial ally, owner of the Cartier Patiala Necklace.
Bhuri Singh
Bhuri Singh (भूरी सिंह) was Raja of Chamba, a princely state under British control, reigning from 1904 to 1919 and founding the Bhuri Singh Museum in 1908.
Bhusawal
Bhusawal, a city and municipal council in Jalgaon district, Maharashtra, on the Tapi river; major Central Railway junction (BSL) and home of Bhusawal Thermal Power Station; 2011 population 187,421.
Bhusawal Thermal Power Station
Bhusawal Thermal Power Station (भुसावळ औष्णिक विद्युत केंद्र) is a coal-fired power station run by Mahagenco at Deepnagar in Jalgaon district, Maharashtra, India, with about 1,210 MW capacity.
Bhushan Kumar
Bhushan Kumar (born 1977, Delhi) is an Indian producer and chairman and managing director of T-Series, the music label his father Gulshan Kumar founded. He took over in 1997 at age 19, built the world's most-subscribed YouTube channel, and expanded into Hindi film production.
Bhushan Nagar
Bhushan Nagar is a structural biologist and professor of biochemistry at McGill University in Montreal, known for crystal structures of c-Abl kinase, Argonaute 2, and IFIT proteins.
Bhutan (འབྲུག་ཡུལ)
Bhutan (འབྲུག་ཡུལ), Land of the Thunder Dragon, a landlocked Himalayan constitutional monarchy between India and China; carbon-negative, GNH-focused, hydropower-driven economy, GDP growth 8.1% FY24/25, Gelephu Mindfulness City project.